[michaelhart]

CPUs today are a lot less based on raw MHz/GHz and more about the technologies in which they achieve them. This can be easily seen with some single-core CPUs out-performing dual core and a few quad core CPUs. Who cares if you have a 3.2 GHz quad core CPU if this other single-core CPU at 2.8 GHz is better? While these situations aren't too common, they're prime examples of how raw speed doesn't matter.